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*The 2010 Palme d'Or scramble begins tomorrow! Briefly noted: The Telegraph reestablishes that, yes, it still is "the greatest film festival of them all"; Will the volcano keep the Entourage boys from the Riviera?; Kate Beckinsale & Benicio del Toro among the judges, with Tim Burton presiding; the Wall Street Journal picks [...]
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*Above, please witness a throwback music video courtesy of Exit Clov, whose new record, Memento Mori, has been making waves. (This one's a favorite of mine back from '07-'08. It's all about mind control! And the Picardy third.) To download the group's Morrissey [...]
When volumes of erotica land on our book review shelf, there are a couple of options: 1) find the most ungainly sex scenes, excerpt them, and move on; 2) scoff at the salacious cover, pretend to recycle it, and then retrieve it when no one's around (I'm looking at you, J.L. [...]
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Morning, readers! Short roundup today while your tireless City Paper arts staff slaves on the forthcoming 24th annual D.C. International Film Festival spread. It's gonna be off the chain! Keep an eye out for any and all blurbs by a certain J.L. Fischer. I [...]
Morning, readers. Tom Avila live-tweeted the Helen Hayes awards so we didn't have to!
*Aaron Sorkin to write the John Edwards movie? NY Mag suggests the West Wing/Few Good Men/Charlie Wilson/American President/&c. &c. mastermind will likely get film rights to The Politician, former aide Aaron Young's account of the former senator's implosion. Sources close to my [...]
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*Snoop and Mayer Hawthorne, together again. (See above.)
*After a bungled stateside distribution deal, EMI is basically screwed. Wonder if the financiers will do any better.
*Lou Reed to direct wistful doc about his 99-year-old cousin, which will premiere at the Visions du Réel [...]
In which Steve Kolowich, a Wilco devotee, and Ted Scheinman, a recent convert, discuss last night's show at the Strathmore.
Steve: Ted, you're a concert-going man. NPR has called Wilco "the best live band in America"; I've been talking your ear off about their chops for months; and your girlfriend has been burning CDs like it's [...]
Morning, readers. My gripe of the day is that I haven't seen A Behanding in Spokane yet and fear that I may miss it altogether. My buddy checked it out, though, and says it's just about the greatest. Do me a favor: if you're in Manhattan, or close by, and can smuggle your Flipcam into [...]
Porgy and Bess
By George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin
Directed by Francesca Zambello
Conducted by John Mauceri
Presented by the Washington National Opera
At the KenCen to April 3
The WNO is lobbying hard to reveal Porgy and Bess as something more than a repository for “Summertime,” and judging by the ratio of butts to seats last [...]
*Yes, another Exile on Main Street reissue. This one appears to have some worthy items, but if it's priced anywhere the Stones' Best Buy-approved 40 Licks, scurry over to your Torrent client of choice. For a lo-fi taste of the flotsam involved, listen to this track: "Good Time Women," a "Tumbling Dice" prototype. BONUS: Producer [...]
